Frederick McKinley Jones Biography A man with only a sixth-grade education‚ Frederick Jones transformed the foodindustry and America’s eating habits with his invention of a practical refrigeration system for trucks and railroad cars. Born in Cincinnati‚ Ohio‚ Jones was orphaned at the age of nine and was thenraised by a priest in Kentucky. Jones left school after grade six and left the rectory to return to Cincinnati at age sixteen‚ where he got a job as an apprentice automobile mechanic. He boosted
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James Earl Jones: A Voice in the Crowd March 19‚ 1996 People all around the world know the voice of James Earl Jones. From Star Wars fans listening to the voice of Darth Vader to news junkies who hear a voice that dramatically intones AThis is CNN@ just before all the cable network= s station breaks to children who hear the stately voice of the majestic Mufasa‚ the king of the jungle in Walt Disney Pictures= animated The Lion King - people know this deep harmonious voice belongs to this consummate
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Los Angeles Rams Football Club V. Cannon (Page 76 in textbook) Background Billy Cannon is a highly touted draft prospect coming off a successful college career at LSU‚ which included a Heisman Trophy win. The Los Angeles Rams of the NFL were the first in signing him to a $50‚000 contract. However‚ Cannon subsequently signed a $100‚000 contract with the AFL’s Houston Oilers. The Rams sued Cannon in an effort to prevent him from performing any football activity for any organization other than their
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Lance Corporal Jones reported to Golf Company Marine Corps Recruit Depot‚ San Diego for recruit training on 15 June 2015. Lance Corporal Jones continued on to Marine Combat Training in Camp Pendleton‚ California where he graduated from India Company. Lance Corporal Jones progressed forward to Fort Leonardwood‚ Missouri where he earned his Military Occupational Specialty training of Motor Vehicle Operator. In February of 2016 Lance Corporal Jones joined Combat Logistics Battalion 5 and has been continuously
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biography. Indiana Jones‚ from the “Indiana Jones” saga‚ and Beowulf‚ from the epic poem “Beowulf‚” both share epic hero characteristics as well as representing their respective cultures‚ even though they are from different time periods. From ancient Greece to Contemporary America‚ cultures use epics to share their stories and their heroes. An epic is a long narrative which consists of a particular society‚ “[descendence] into the underworld” (1418)‚ and
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Annual Report 2010 DAVID JONES LIMITED ABN 75 000 074 573 ACN 000 074 573 CONTENTS Performance Analysis Chairman’s Report Chief Executive Officer’s Report Five Year Financial Statistics Board of Directors Management Committee Corporate Governance Statement Occupational Health & Safety People Community Environment Directors’ Report Remuneration Report Financial Statements Directors’ Declaration Auditor’s Independent Declaration Independent Audit Report Shareholder Information Corporate
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the broader meaning of being an African- American existing in America. In the antebellum and postbellum periods in the United States‚ both Leroi Jones and Du Bois express the history of being black and American under slavery‚ justice and salvation to freedom. They both speak of the oppression of the black people in different narrative forms. Leroi Jones‚ in his book Blues People‚ discusses how the Africans were treated in the America. Before the emancipation in 1865‚ they suffered from all kinds
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Running head: THE EFFECTS OF THE JONES ACT ON THE ECONOMY OF HAWAII The Effects of the Jones Act on the Economy of Hawaii Christer Tvedt Hawai’i Pacific University February 10‚ 2010 ECON 6000 Dr. Leroy Laney The effects of the Jones Act on the economy of Hawaii The Jones Act‚ or the Merchant Marine Act of 1920‚ which is the act’s name‚ is a United States Federal statute‚ or “cabotage law”‚ that regulates trade between ports within the United States. The act was passed 90 years ago‚ in
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Jim Jones and the People’s Temple Reverend Jim Jones was the charismatic leader of the Peoples Temple‚ a religious organization that hit its stride in the mid-1970s. Jones and his Temple are best known for the mass murder/suicide that was executed Guyana in 1978. Over 900 people drank cyanide-laced Kool Aid at Jones’ command‚ an action that Jones referred to as “revolutionary suicide protesting the conditions of an inhumane world” (Stept). Someone watching Jones at work gathering followers for
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Jones’ theological anthropology is a contemporary understanding of human nature and sin. Whereby‚ sin is a state or a condition of humankind of which we are culpable – it affects everything we do. Specifically‚ Jones states that sin is “unfaithfulness” and “to be in sin is to live in a state that opposes God’s will for our flourishing.” (Placher‚ p. 149) Jones’ interpretation of human nature parallels Barth’s “True Humanity” by which both theologians define ontological significance of humanity as
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